Currently in the United states Abortion is still legal. You need to meet certain criteria for it to actually be fully legal, as in which trimester and a 24 hour waiting period. Currently I have not official picked a side that I stand by. Although I lean more on the pro-choice side. I do not believe that other people should make decisions for others. What I go back and fourth on is the issue of irresponsibility. many of the abortions that happen today are from teenagers and young adults. I feel as though we need to strongly educate the youth about protective sex. People need to understand the risk before they participate in sexual acts. Everyone is always thinking it could never happen to them or they only use condoms when there susceptible for pregnancy. It is irresponsible attitudes and actions that need to be fixed first. I fear that if abortion is fully legalized many people will over-use it. If it is paid for and easy to get im scared that people will not try to prevent it as hard. Women could get multiple abortions and never change. That I do not think is right. Obviously accidents happen that is why I feel like abortion should never be illegal. Think about the women who were raped and then to find out that they got pregnant. That could be an unbearable burden for that child for the rest of his or her life. It works for people who are not financially stable or who know that they would be an unfit parent. Abortion is a hard issue. Many people get very emotional about it. Rightfully so, it is human life at stake.
People who are pro-life base the majority of their views from the Bible. Just like same-sex marriage these issues will go on for a long time. When religion is brought into laws things get a whole lot trickier and it causes many divides in culture. Both of these issues are extremely heart wrenching and it really can hurt people. As of now I see no end in sight, just more battling. Hopefully one day our nation can figure out these issues with the least amount of national damage.
As I passed through the different blogs one blog stood out to me directly and really interested me. That blog was called End In Sight written by Brianna Monks. As a quick summary the blog was over her opinion on abortion and how she agreed with the pro choice side of the controversy. Overall, the blog was pretty well written in the fact that she really gave many of her own opinionated examples, meaning that she made up reasons why people would need the ability to choose whether or not to get an abortion. There were a few things that Brianna needed to incorporate into her blog though to really make it more affective.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, a huge issue I had with it was the spelling errors that were throughout the blog. By having just one spelling error it slowly brings down the article’s credibility, so imagine how much the credibility dropped with multiple errors.
The next thing that is important to notice in this blog is that there are no sources backing up her opinions. Sources are so important when trying to make a blog credible and have a sound argument. Ms. Monks really needed to focus on the reasons why people don’t agree with abortions and debunk those reasons with even more examples from sources. So as I assume you understand from my constant repeating that she really needed to include sources to make sure her blog was credible and sound.
The last thing I do want to quickly bring up as well is that she really didn’t go into great detail on many of the statements she made. She attempted to use the emotional appeals, but didn’t completely elaborate on her attempts. An example I want to give is how she said that many people don’t agree on abortion because of the Bible. What from the Bible makes people not agree with abortion? And why do you think that religion causes controversy when it’s brought into law? Those are only two questions that I bring up from the many that I have after reading this. I am not saying that the blog is a massacre by any means it just really needed to elaborate on her opinions and make sure her arguments were completely credible.
-Kelsey Scott